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Transaction Service Specification Transaction Service Specification September 2002 Version 1.3 formal/02-08-07 An Adopted Specification of the Object Management Group, Inc. Copyright © 1997 BEA Systems Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 Groupe Bull Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 IBM Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 ICL plc Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 Iona Technologies Ltd. Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 Novell, Inc. Copyright © 2001, Object Management Group, Inc. Copyright © 1995, 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 SunSoft, Inc. Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 Tandem Computers, Inc. Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 Tivoli Systems, Inc. Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996 Transarc Corporation USE OF SPECIFICATION - TERMS, CONDITIONS & NOTICES The material in this document details an Object Management Group specification in accordance with the terms, conditions and notices set forth below. 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COMPLIANCE The copyright holders listed above acknowledge that the Object Management Group (acting itself or through its designees) is and shall at all times be the sole entity that may authorize developers, suppliers and sellers of computer software to use certification marks, trademarks or other special designations to indicate compliance with these materials. Software developed under the terms of this license may claim compliance or conformance with this specification if and only if the software compliance is of a nature fully matching the applicable compliance points as stated in the specification. Software developed only partially matching the applicable compliance points may claim only that the software was based on this specification, but may not claim compliance or conformance with this specification. In the event that testing suites are implemented or approved by Object Management Group, Inc., software developed using this specification may claim compliance or conformance with the specification only if the software satisfactorily completes the testing suites. ISSUE REPORTING All OMG specifications are subject to continuous review and improvement. As part of this process we encourage readers to report any ambiguities, inconsistencies, or inaccuracies they may find by completing the Issue Reporting Form listed on the main web page http://www.omg.org, under Documents & Specifications, Report a Bug/Issue. Contents Preface . v 1. Overview . 1-1 1.1 Introduction . 1-1 1.2 Service Description . 1-2 1.2.1 Overview of Transactions . 1-2 1.2.2 Transactional Applications . 1-3 1.2.3 Definitions . 1-3 1.2.4 Transaction Service Functionality . 1-6 1.2.5 Principles of Function, Design, and Performance 1-8 1.3 Service Architecture. 1-12 1.3.1 Typical Usage . 1-13 1.3.2 Transaction Context . 1-13 1.3.3 Context Management . 1-14 1.3.4 Datatypes . 1-14 1.3.5 Structures . 1-16 1.3.6 Exceptions . 1-16 2. Transaction Service Interfaces . 2-1 2.1 Introduction . 2-2 2.2 Current Interface . 2-2 2.2.1 begin. 2-3 2.2.2 commit . 2-3 2.2.3 rollback. 2-3 2.2.4 rollback_only . 2-4 2.2.5 get_status . 2-4 September 2002 Transaction Service, v1.3 i Contents 2.2.6 get_transaction_name . 2-4 2.2.7 set_timeout . 2-4 2.2.8 get_timeout. 2-5 2.2.9 get_control . 2-5 2.2.10 suspend. 2-5 2.2.11 resume . 2-5 2.3 TransactionFactory Interface . 2-5 2.3.1 create . 2-6 2.3.2 recreate . 2-6 2.4 Control Interface . 2-6 2.4.1 get_terminator . 2-7 2.4.2 get_coordinator. 2-7 2.5 Terminator Interface. 2-7 2.5.1 commit . 2-8 2.5.2 rollback. 2-8 2.6 Coordinator Interface . 2-8 2.6.1 get_status . 2-9 2.6.2 get_parent_status . 2-10 2.6.3 get_top_level_status . 2-10 2.6.4 is_same_transaction . 2-10 2.6.5 is_ancestor_transaction. 2-11 2.6.6 is_descendant_transaction . 2-11 2.6.7 is_related_transaction. 2-11 2.6.8 is_top_level_transaction . 2-11 2.6.9 hash_transaction . 2-11 2.6.10 hash_top_level_tran . 2-11 2.6.11 register_resource . 2-11 2.6.12 register_synchronization. 2-12 2.6.13 register_subtran_aware . 2-12 2.6.14 rollback_only . 2-13 2.6.15 get_transaction_name . 2-13 2.6.16 create_subtransaction . 2-13 2.6.17 get_txcontext . 2-13 2.7 Recovery Coordinator Interface . 2-13 2.7.1 replay_completion . 2-14 2.8 Resource Interface . 2-14 2.8.1 prepare . 2-14 2.8.2 rollback. 2-15 2.8.3 commit . 2-15 2.8.4 commit_one_phase . 2-16 ii Transaction Service, v1.3 September 2002 Contents 2.8.5 forget .
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